—adj. - rising.

- astron. Rising towards the zenith.

- astrol. Just above the eastern horizon.

- predominant. —n. Astrol. Ascendant point of the sun's apparent path. in the ascendant gaining or having power or authority.

n. - ascent.

- (ascension) ascent of christ into heaven.

v. Find out for certain. ascertainment n. [french: related to *certain]

n. (pl. -zim) east european jew. [hebrew]

n. - plant of the lily family.

- edible shoots of this. [latin from greek]

n. cast aspersions on attack the reputation of. [latin aspergo besprinkle]

n. Apparatus for aspirating fluid. [latin: related to *aspire]

n. - person who assembles a machine etc.

- computing a program for converting instructions written in low-level symbolic code into machine code. B the low-level symbolic code itself.

n. Declaration, forthright statement.

adj. Tending to assert oneself; forthright, positive. assertively adv. Assertiveness n.